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John Hiatt - Riding with the King Audio CD

A fair review of the John Hiatt "Riding with the King" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all John Hiatt reviews here, or go back to the John Hiatt tabs.

John Hiatt Band: John Hiatt
Title: Riding with the King
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Release Date: 1996-03-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Don't Even Try 2: Death by Misadventure 3: Girl on a String 4: Lovers Will 5: She Loves the Jerk 6: Say It With Flowers 7: Riding With the King 8: You May Already Be a Winner 9: Love Like Blood 10: Love That Harms 11: Book Lovers 12: Falling Up

great songs throughout
That Lowe/Carrack ensemble is a perfect foil for Hiatt. Not the most cohesive product because there were two production teams but the songs are very fine, clever, witty, and soulful, too. Probably my favorite Hiatt song ever is "You may already be a winner". . . if you can really pick a Hiatt favorite. .


One of the best John Hiatt Cd's Ever
But no matter becaues his rendition of "Death By Misadventure" is fantastic. All but one song on the album is written by John. Not to metion the other great hits like "Say it With Flowers", "I Dont Even Try", "Riding With The King" and the rest of the album is just great. Not a song to skip on this album.


Hiatt Rocks!
Turn this one up loud, sit back, hang on. This was John Hiatt's peak as a Rock'n'Roller. Highlights from this one are, Book Lovers, She Loves The Jerk (My girl's favorite song for some reason), Lover's Will and the classic title track most recently covered by Eric Clapton & B. B. King (Hiatt's version is still superior).
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King of America!
Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle do an excellent job on the first half - Nick Lowe and company kick it up a notch on the second half and somehow it remains cohesive. I love this record. Hiatt comes up with some great songs and has never been more limber vocally. Essential listening.

Music fanatic.


Two great EPs that sound great togther
"Riding With The King" was a step away from the extremely slick sound of "All Of A Sudden," but still found Hiatt being interpreted by his producers instead of having his own voice. I remember hearing this album described soon after its release as two great half albums and thinking that was pretty much on the mark. The most important thing about "Riding With The King" is that Ron Nagle and Scott Matthews (known collectively as The Durocs) and Nick Lowe probably had the best understanding of any of Hiatt's producers to this point.

Of course, Nick Lowe was there when it came time to record Hiatt's masterpiece, "Bring The Family. " That makes it an easy leap to think Lowe had an easy time grasping the folksy "Love Like Blood" or the great title song (which became better known after Eric Clapton and BB King recorded it). Lowe also had the benefit of the band format (Paul Carrack, Martin Belmont and himself, along with Hiatt on guitar and Bobby Irwin on drums). The first half of the disc is Nagle on everything but guitars (Hiatt), and sounds a bit stiffer. The Nagle and Matthews half doesn't fare quite as well because of this, but they got the better songs to work with. "She Loves The Jerk" has since made the rounds with everyone from Rodney Crowell to Elvis Costello taking a crack at it. "I Don't Even Try" mixes humor and bitterness with an even handedness that few songwriters can match.

Along with those songs, "Lover's Will" and "Book Lovers" remain songs in search of artists to make them into hits. Of the three albums Hiatt recorded for Geffen, "Riding With The King" is probably the closest to what fans of John would recognize as a John Hiatt album. Consider that the best recommendation possible.


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